Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush’s program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy —support their ability to hire and fire based on faith.

And I cannot help myself from posting that joke too

Comedy writer Patrick Gorse: “Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that he supports federally funded faith-based initiatives. This is kind of self-serving when you consider that supporting a one-term Senator for president is itself a faith-based initiative.”

We already know the gays paid part of the price. I am waiting to see how women will pay the balance.

Leaders of the successful Proposition 8 campaign say an unusual coalition of evangelical Christians, Mormons and Roman Catholics built a majority at the polls Tuesday by harnessing the organizational muscle of churches to a mainstream message about what school children might be taught about gay relationships if the ban failed.

yeah, but this still doesn’t explain why in california, where Obama won by 20 points proposition 8 was defeated. Of course, one may remember the 2004 narrative: “Bush won thanks to Blacks coming out to vote against gay rights”. I guess there was a different goal, different lies to justificate then.

You have once again nailed it, Edge. All along something hasn’t smelled right. O’Reilly & Limbaugh not attacking Obama, Rove acting like he has no stake in the race, but most importantly the radical Christian right not being more outraged about Obama’s Muslim and TUCC ties. It never fit, and I think your assessment is dead on. Now we need to go back and re-examine all his other daliances across the red line this summer and figure out what other deals he cut.

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